Does any one else suffer from back pain?

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hi all was just wondering i have recently had a big flare up with my crohns disease and one of the main symptons was constant lower back pain an now that i am out of hospital i still suffer from this every day does any one else have this problem??? as im tryin to work out if its related to my condition or if its somethin else :frown:
 
mine comes and goes. It is almost more the spasms that immobilize me. I cant pin down either what triggers it (I think lack of sleep might make it worse) but when I do get hit with it... it can bring me to my knees. When I stand (or try) it hits me in the middle of it and literally landed on my knees. I think you will get a lot of responses as I have heard a lot of people on here with back issues.

Have a great Easter Zoe and welcome to the forum :)
 
thanks for the response Keona hope to hear from more people as i want some answers i have never had back pain before till my flare up few weeks ago an now its pretty much every day :( Hope you have a great easter to and thanks for the welcome :)
 
Hi Zoe
Glad you found us. I started my first flare up 8 months ago and started to get the back pain a few weeks ago.Quite severe and right in the small of my back. But it disappeared along with most of my stomach pain when I started on Pred.Have you seen a doc about it since you left hospital?
 
hi grumbletum, my stomach pains are pretty much gone to with the prednislone but back pains still there i have a doctors appointment in a couple days so will be mentioning it to him again then
 
Hi Zoe,
I have been having a lot of lower back pain for several months now since my flare started and my GI doc told me that it is probably scoliitis. Constant pain. Hope the docs figure out what is going on with you soon.
 
Mone does hurt at the bottom of my back, I once heard that the body isnt too good to work out where some pains are coming from, thats why stomach pains can manifest themselves somewhere else. I find having a bath helps, or a bit of deep heat
 
Hi
Ask your doctor about Ankylosing Spondylitis, it is related to crohns. Mild symptoms are common during a flare.

Andy
 
Yes, Andy, that crossed my mind too. I know it's not funny, but that disease name sounds to me like a type of dinosaur! I think my spiky stomach pain should be Stegosaurus.
 
ZOE DK maybe its the prednisone. or it could be like rygon says. intestinal pain can manifest as lower back pain
 
Stress on one part of the body can cause stress on other parts that are near such as abdominal pain resulting in back pain. I used to go to physical therapy for my back because of the Crohn's affecting it so much. Doing back exercises/stretching on a daily basis can help reduce the pain over time. One is the cat stretch where you're on hands and knees and arch your back as high as you can with your head down and tail bone in and then hold it and reverse it to pressing your stomach towards the floor while your head and but go up into the air. Another is sitting on your heels and then reaching forward with your hands as far as you can go until your forehead touches the floor while pressing your armpits towards the floor. Then you move from that position by putting your weight onto your hands and slowly shifting your weight into almost a push up by pressing your hips towards the floor and looking up (kind of a yoga pose really). There's also standing with slightly bent legs and bending forward as far as you can go to try and touch the floor. Then the last one is laying on your back with your hands flat on the floor at your sides, knees bent and lift your hips into the air. Those are the best stretches I've found for the mid to lower back.

If You need clarification on a pose I guess I could take a picture or something or draw it out. :p
 
I have also had all kinds of back pain. I assumed it was all related to the arthitis that accompanies crohns disease. I have had herniated disks, diagnosis of degenerative joint disease and pain in lower and mid back. Sometimes it feels as if its going to pop out of place and sometimes makes exercising difficult. I have been taking Omega swirl from the health food store and feeling somewhat better (fish oil, flax and borage oil), not a total cure but a help. Its somehow comforting to know that we are all in this together.
 
I was just diagnosed with Ankylosing Spondylitis. I was diagnosed with Crohn's almost two years ago but in the last six months I have been experiencing terrible back and leg pain with extreme fatigue. I start Humira on Monday. I am nervous but hopeful. There was a genetic marker for AS that I tested positive for that led the Drs. to diagnose me.

Jordan
 
Mone does hurt at the bottom of my back, I once heard that the body isnt too good to work out where some pains are coming from, thats why stomach pains can manifest themselves somewhere else. I find having a bath helps, or a bit of deep heat

yer a found that a hot bath this morning settled it down a bit have also tried tried deep heat alot but it doesnt seem to work for it :yfrown:
 
thanks for all the replies guys i will be seein my doc wednesday so will mention Ankylosing Spondylitis to him hopefully he can figure it out coz its making it hard to live with every day :(
 
I was just diagnosed with Ankylosing Spondylitis. I was diagnosed with Crohn's almost two years ago but in the last six months I have been experiencing terrible back and leg pain with extreme fatigue. I start Humira on Monday. I am nervous but hopeful. There was a genetic marker for AS that I tested positive for that led the Drs. to diagnose me.

Jordan

sounds like the same thing jordan back pain leg pain an fatigue i have it all!! I have noticed Humira in alot of posts is this a medication for the back pain or crohns??
 
I get lower back pain around the sacroiliac joints, which is different from a slight back injury I also have. Humira, is a crohn's/arthritis drug, helps it a lot. Primarily we have it for Crohn's, but since its essentially an anti-inflammatory it works all over. After all, it does stand for: HUManised antibody In Rheumatoid Arthritis.
 
Hi
Humira kept me out of a wheel chair, I was virtually crippled with AS, when the crohns resurfaced I started Humira and 12 weeks later I could work and drive again. It is a miracle drug. I make and fit staircases for a living and this was unthinkable 3 years ago.
I still get pain but a fraction of what it was.
Good luck
Andy
 
I have had the same backache for years,it comes and goes.I have found that the only thing that helps is my best friend,the heating pad.
 
Hi .. just wanted to say the genetic marker they test for Ankylosing Spondolitis is called HLA-B27. My daughter was tested for this marker last year because of her arthritis pain and is positive. She actually just saw her GI doc today and we discussed her lower back pain. She had x-rays done before we left to check out her entire spine, but the GI said this is most likely the cause of her pain. She is due to start a biologic in the next few weeks which is good because they are also used for other auto-immune disorders such as AK, and RA, etc.
I've done some research on AK and actually found that the description states that having this can (cause) Crohn's ! So....what came first I wonder...the chicken or the egg ?? LOL
 
I also get back pain, every 3 weeks after my infusions. It starts as a dull ache in my back, knees, ankles, fingers and wrists, and then explodes to full crippling/bedridden pain. my GI didn't seem to think that it was related to CD but after it kept re-occuring, it changed his tune. They are now thinking it's arthritis, and am now waiting to see a specialist. it sucks, trust me!
whenever you think you are alone with symptoms, I can guarantee that sombody on the forum has also experienced it, so you do not ever need to feel alone :)
 
I agree with a lot of the other posts esspecially Crabbys. Here are my two cents:

I for sure have back pain when I am flaring. I know part of it is the Remicade which causes me all kinds of body aches (but is still way worth it), some of it is the disease itself, but it is also due to how much time I spend lying or even sitting down when I am sick. Lying in bed all day may be unavoidable at times, but I know it is not good for my back.

I know sit ups are hard for some Crohnies, but if you can get into a habit of doing them daily, I believe it is the number one thing that strengthens my back. My husband who works a very physical job also sees an increase in back pain when he doesn’t do his crunches for a few days. We do them morning and night, and it has really helped us both. Even just doing a few each day and building up would probably help some.

Hope this idea helps you, or you find something else that can. I know we are all different, but like I said, this really works for me. Good luck!
 
I know when I'm getting near a flare becuase my hips and low back start to ache. I can't stand it and live with heating pads on them because its the best way to relax the joints.. Try heat. I even used the menstral heat pads that are at the pharmacy, you just stick them on and they last up to eight hours, some longer. Those are a life saver when I'm at work ( I work at a hospital and walking around connected to a plug wont work :wink: )
 
I was diagnosed with sacroiliitis through MRI last year and I'm currently experiencing the worst back pain of my life. I was on vacation a few weeks ago and my Crohn's of course decided to flare up during my vacation. We did a lot of walking (Las Vegas!) and a few days after getting home, I couldn't sit and ended up in emerg because of the pain. Morphine barely touched it.
Currently taking anti inflammatories that don't help much. Remicade was recommended to me last time I saw my Gastro doc but I declined because of the side effects......now reconsidering.
Have been off work for 2 weeks and going crazy! :eek2:
 
Hi Zoe

I don't have Crohn's but my husband does. I am on the forum for the both of us.
I haven't had time to read all of the posts but thought I would give you an idea of what he goes through.
He broke his back several years ago. Recently he has had many more flare-ups with a lot of back pain. He always attributed the pain to the break he had years ago. But recently he is realizing that the back pain comes when he has had more flare-ups, which is constant now.
Next time we go to the doctor, I may ask about Ankylosing Spondylitis.

Thanks!
Jacque
 
thanks for all the replies guys guess theres a few different things that could cause it, seen ny doc yesterday but we spoke about lots of different things so he never really told me what it could be i see my crohns specialist soon so maybe he can give the answer, my stomach pains seem to be settling down which is weird coz since i got out of hospital 2 weeks ago i was still in pain an spending most time in bed miserable though im takin prednisilone which obviously wasnt kickin in an now suddenly since yesterday i feel alot better strange i say but then again theres still that slight back pain, i do think that a hot bath stops it for while till i get out, an i feel that sittin down to long annoys it to geee the body is a weirrrrrd thing!!!
 
Hi
If it is AS then then this is an illness that does NOT respond to rest. If you feel worse in the morning and at night when you have stopped moving around AS is quite likely. You need to see a rheumatologist.
I must stress that people have this illness in varying degrees so don't jump up and down with worry you might only have it very mildly.
There are forums specifically for AS, have a look.
I find warm water ie a shower does help and lying on my back and pulling my knees upwards gently is beneficial, but take proper medical advice.
Physiotherapy is the only treatment. avoid anybody who wants to treat you without first having seen X-rays or a scan, they can cause irreversible damage.
Keep moving
Andy
 
Just abit ago I remember my doctor telling me that my back pain (last flare) was probbaly due to muscle strain. My mom also has crohns and she does not get much back pain. This flare (started three weeks ago) I am having severe back pain. It knocks me off my feet. The only help I have discovered is a heating pad to the area. AS SOON as I am up and moving again it is back. I'm not sure what that means for the "rest" someone above was talking about. It will wake me up in the night though.

I go back tomorrow. I saw that remicade was a treatment for this though. I am not on remicade.

Funny thing about the dinosaur comment, my husband said the same thing last night when I showed him. :) The heating pad is calling me. :rosette1:
 

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